Learning & Development Essentials

Course Outline

Overview

This course will guide you through the knowledge and skills you need to develop and run an effective L&D unit in HR that is closely aligned to the overall organizational strategy.

The course also includes a site visit to an organization relevant to the course so delegates can develop an understanding of how their contemporaries function in the real-world.

The course will wrap with a summary of the key learning points, followed by an action planning exercise with a view to apply the acquired knowledge and skills immediately upon your return to work. Post-course support is also available in relation to the implementation of your action plan, up to six (6) months following course completion.

Agenda

The Need for L&D in Organizations

• Understanding organizations
• The organization’s purpose
• Organization structures
• The purpose of Learning & Development

The Learning Organization

• Characteristics of a learning organization
• Five disciplines of the learning organization
• Building a learning organization
• Barriers to the learning organization

Creating a Learning Culture

• Organizational culture and learning
• Organizational learning, team learning and individual learning
• Steps to create a learning culture
• Creating the right learning environment

Site Visit

• Industrial visit to a relevant organization.
• An insight into the internal working of companies.
• An opportunity to learn through interaction with practising professionals.

Course Review

• Summary and recap of key learning objectives
• Action Planning

Target Audience

This course is suitable for:

• HR directors
• Heads of HR functions
• HR business partners
• Senior HR executives, managers, advisors and officers who wish to contribute to the development and implementation of HR strategy.
• Chief officers, Chairpersons, Board members, Company directors, Heads of Departments, and all those at the highest levels of an organization interested in developing an in-depth knowledge of strategic HRM.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Understand the role of L&D in HRM and the wider organization.
• Develop the skills need to create an learning organization and embed a learning culture.
• Appreciate the steps required to develop an effective L&D strategy.
• Improve your execution of L&D in your organization.
• Develop a practical perspective into contemporary work practices in your field.
• Implement an Action Plan at your workplace using the knowledge and skills acquired through the course.